Can an air-less sprayer work for primer?? (i.e. Wagner power painter)

[Jack]

Hello,

I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
am not going to spray the finish coat..

Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??

Thanks!

Jack..

[Paul Hubrich]

I've used a wagner with automotive primer & acrylic enamel to spray a
trailer - it came out OK, but certainly not an "automotive" grade
finish. If you're planning on sanding out the primer before finish
coating you could probably get by.

By the way - if the primer you're going to use contains isocyanates, be
sure you wear a supplied air respirator (a cartridge type is not
adequate). The isocyanate based materials can sneak up & kill you if
you breathe them in.

[pse...@autobahn.mb.ca]

In article <36B607D2...@ericsson.com>,

Jack <jack.pa...@ericsson.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
> Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
> and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
> am not going to spray the finish coat..
>
> Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??

My brother used an electric Wagner gun to spray a car for me about 20 years
ago. He said it would be a good job. It actually was, if you ignored all the
spatter droplets, orange peel and the runs and stood across the street. The
Wagner is good for painting your walls or fence, but when it needs to be
exceptionally smooth (as in a car body) primer or no, it sucks - or more
acccurately spits.

First you will not drive the primer (or paint) into the metal and the after
effects will create even more work to smooth back out and redo. I know the
gun technology has improved from 20 years ago, but try it on your brother's
car first or a neighbour's sometime tonight before you do it to a car you
actually like.

Pete

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[Scet]

You don't have to breath in isocyanates for them to cause damage as they are
obsorbed through the skin, a full air fed suit and a booth is required.

>By the way - if the primer you're going to use contains isocyanates, be
>sure you wear a supplied air respirator (a cartridge type is not
>adequate). The isocyanate based materials can sneak up & kill you if
>you breathe them in.
>

>Jack wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
>> Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
>> and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
>> am not going to spray the finish coat..
>>
>> Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??
>>

>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jack..

[raymond young]

from whoever this is:
~:In article <36B607D2...@ericsson.com>,
~: Jack <jack.pa...@ericsson.com> wrote:
~:> Hello,
~:>
~:> I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
~:> Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
~:> and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
~:> am not going to spray the finish coat..
~:>
~:> Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??

~:My brother used an electric Wagner gun to spray a car for me about 20 years
~:ago. He said it would be a good job. It actually was, if you ignored all the
~:spatter droplets, orange peel and the runs and stood across the street. The
~:Wagner is good for painting your walls or fence, but when it needs to be
~:exceptionally smooth (as in a car body) primer or no, it sucks - or more
~:acccurately spits.

~:First you will not drive the primer (or paint) into the metal and the after
~:effects will create even more work to smooth back out and redo. I know the
~:gun technology has improved from 20 years ago, but try it on your brother's
~:car first or a neighbour's sometime tonight before you do it to a car you
~:actually like.

~:Pete

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~:http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

[raymond young]

from whoever this is:
~:Hello,

~:I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
~:Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
~:and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
~:am not going to spray the finish coat..

~:Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??

~:Thanks!

~:Jack..

no , an electic gun with flammable paints , um no . If you
don't believe this is risky ask the people you buy the paint
from.

raymond b young

[Grape Ape]

How exactly is that risky? People use those guns to spray oil paints and stains that are flamable.
I suppose turning on my parts washer, which has an electric pump submerged in flamable fluid, is
risky?

[Scet]

Well if that was the case an electrostatic spray gun wouldn't work now would
it?
raymond young wrote in message ...

>from whoever this is:
>~:Hello,
>
>~:I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
>~:Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
>~:and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
>~:am not going to spray the finish coat..
>
>~:Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??
>
>~:Thanks!
>
>~:Jack..
>

[raymond young]

from whoever this is:
~:Well if that was the case an electrostatic spray gun wouldn't work now would
~:it?
~:raymond young wrote in message ...
~:>from whoever this is:
~:>~:Hello,
~:>
~:>~:I am interested in spraying primer (PPG 2-part DP EPoxy) with my Wagner
~:>~:Power Painter (110Watt, 355E). Is this possible, or should I just try
~:>~:and borrow a compressor?? Wagner said to use the "Green" spray tip.. I
~:>~:am not going to spray the finish coat..
~:>
~:>~:Has anyone tried to paint with one of these for primer??
~:>
~:>~:Thanks!
~:>
~:>~:Jack..
~:>
~:>no , an electic gun with flammable paints , um no . If you
~:>don't believe this is risky ask the people you buy the paint
~:>from.
~:>
~:>raymond b young
~:>
~:>
I paint with electrostatic almost daily and even it makes it's electicity
through a compressed air driven fan . And the electricity generated
is about the same as the electric shock you feel from static electicity.
as a mater fact thats the principle. nothing like an electric motor pressurizing
volatile based paint to be sprayed. ie the wagner is fine for water based
paint.
raymond b young